GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| stringent | tight |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |